| 单词 | needless |
| 释义 | needless (once / 640 pages) adj Something needless isn't required, necessary, or wanted. If you haven't touched that plastic back scratcher since Christmas 1992, it's probably needless. If your mom frets every time you walk out the door, you can assure her that it's needless worry — you'll be fine. And buying extremely pricey underwear might seem to be a needless expense — who cares how fancy your underwear is? Needless comes from need and its Old English root nied, "necessity." WORD FAMILYneedless: needlessly+/need: needed, needer, needful, needing, needless, needs, needy/needed: unneeded/needful: needfulest, needfully/needy: needier, neediest, needily, neediness USAGE EXAMPLESNeedless to say, she is not a natural fit for the job, and her sister’s children are, to put it mildly, challenging. Los Angeles Times(Dec 31, 2016) Needless to say, the reaction from other fans was incredible. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) This practice hurts ordinary investors and contributes to needless complexity and volatility. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) adj unnecessary and unwarranted a strikers' tent camp...was burned with needless loss of life Syn gratuitous, uncalled-for unnecessary, unneeded not necessary |
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